First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

"How do you think we should ask that girl about her feelings?" Qu Wanning took what he just said to heart and asked while leaning against the stove.

Su Jixiang started to dice the washed meat and said, "If it were you, would you confide in someone you just met?"

"Of course not." Qu Wanning said.

"That's it!" said Su Jixiang.

"Then what should we do?" Qu Wanning asked anxiously, "We can't just try to get close to that girl first? How long will it take for that girl to tell us the truth?"

This takes a bit too long.

"There is a simple way." Su Jixiang said.

She moved quickly and the meat was soon cut into small pieces. Then she started chopping the stuffing with a knife in each hand.

The preparation of minced meat is actually quite particular. If you want the minced meat to stick to the knife and have no fishy smell, you must add cooking wine, salt and eggs separately during the chopping process.

As you chop, the wine, salt, and eggs will gradually mix into the meat tendons and be slowly absorbed by the meat.

The meat filling chopped in this way is not dry or tough, and has no fishy smell. When it is almost done, add some chopped green onions to enhance the flavor. The meat filling tastes delicious just by smelling it.

As Qu Wanning watched Su Jixiang chopping the meat, he asked curiously, "What simple method are you talking about?"

"What would happen if a girl of her age was confused and didn't know what to do?" Su Jixiang asked Qu Wanning with a smile.

"If I don't tell it to my best friend, then I have to tell it to the Bodhisattva!" Qu Wanning thought for a moment and said, then her eyes lit up, "If we can't be her best friend, then we can be the Bodhisattva!"

"But how do I become a Bodhisattva?" Qu Wanning said with a look of distress on his face again.

"If you can't be a Bodhisattva, you can be a fortune teller!" Su Jixiang said with a smile.

Qu Wanning laughed when Su Jixiang said this, "That's right, that's right! I used to like drawing lots when I went to temples in Dongdu, but I don't know if the lot holders in the temples near Dongdu only have the best lots or something, but I always drew the best lots!"

"Wow, this is Versailles!" Su Jixiang said with a smile.

Although Qu Wanning didn't understand what Versailles meant, she knew Su Jixiang was praising her, so she smiled and said, "It's true! I can't draw any other lot."

"Then I believe it!" Su Jixiang said. Qu Wanning's luck can be said to be really good.

If Emperor Jing really took her away when he fled, she would not know where she is now! How could she live a comfortable life like this, marrying a man like Xie Yingfeng in front of her father and brother?

Su Jixiang put the chopped meat into the bowl while talking to Qu Wanning.

Lushui and Guihua had already kneaded the dough in advance and were placing it in another bowl to let it rise.

Su Jixiang began to process the cabbage.

This cabbage is actually Chinese cabbage, but it is still called this name at this time.

After chopping the cabbage, sprinkle salt on it. The cabbage will be killed and water will come out. When the water is almost out, Su Jixiang pours out the vegetable juice for later use. When Wei Ling was in a coma these few days, she had nothing to do so she made some mushroom powder herself.

Mangcheng is located in the north, and there are many mushrooms in the mountains that are dried and used for stewing vegetables and meat in winter after being soaked in water. So Su Jixiang thought of using these mushrooms to make some seasoning powder. There was no chicken essence in this era. But these mushrooms are natural and additive-free, and they are particularly bright.

After making the mushroom powder, Su Jixiang has tried it and found that adding it to the soup will make the soup very delicious.

Su Jixiang poured some sesame oil and mushroom powder into the chopped cabbage, and then poured soy sauce into the mixture. Then he poured out the excess vegetable juice and added it to the meat filling.

She took a pair of chopsticks and stirred it vigorously in one direction. After a while, the meat filling absorbed the vegetable juice, and the surface of the meat filling showed white fiber. This meant it was cooked. The meat filling was very chewy and not dry at all.

Seeing that it was almost done, Su Jixiang added some soy sauce and mushroom powder to the meat filling. After mixing all these seasonings evenly, he mixed the vegetable filling and meat filling together.

Qu Wanning was watching from the side and felt strange, "You have to stir it anyway, why do you have to stir the vegetables and meat separately? Wouldn't it be more time-saving and labor-saving to just mix them together?"

Su Jixiang looked at her and laughed, "This is why my stuffing is so delicious. I separate the vegetables and the meat separately, then mix them together again. This is the most flavorful stuffing." She blinked at Qu Wanning, "I won't tell anyone else!"

Qu Wanning suddenly realized, "Now I have learned it. It is true that every profession has its own specialties. You must have learned this from the imperial chefs in the palace!"

Su Jixiang smiled and didn't respond. The imperial chef in the palace wouldn't teach her these things...

But in Qu Wanning's opinion, Su Jixiang learned all these things in the palace.

After the stuffing is mixed, it’s time to make the dough.

Su Jixiang made dumplings today, which is a food only made during festivals and the New Year in the north. The ancients rarely made these mainly because most people needed to work on weekdays and did not have much time to prepare meals. Meat is a precious food and cannot be eaten at every turn. However, for someone with a background like Qu Wanning, it is not uncommon to eat this on weekdays.

The proofed white flour was quickly kneaded into long strips in Su Jixiang's hands, and then cut into small grains. Su Jixiang moved very quickly. After a short while, the lump of dough in the basin had been turned into thin and round dumpling skins by Su Jixiang with a rolling pin.

Qu Wanning was watching in amazement. She washed her hands, picked up a dumpling wrapper and took a look. The edge of the wrapper was so thin that light could almost see through it, while it was slightly thicker in the middle and very cutely round and plump.

"Your hands are amazing!" Qu Wanning couldn't help but praise, "When will I be able to have such skills as you?"

"Nothing special, just practice!" Su Jixiang said with a smile, "You just need to practice more."

"Then let me try." Qu Wanning rolled up his sleeves and took the rolling pin from Su Jixiang.

However, this small piece of dough was spun around in Su Jixiang's hands, but in Qu Wanning's hands it seemed to grow on the panel.

Qu Wanning's fingers seemed to be tangled together, and he couldn't be as flexible as Su Jixiang.

The dough she rolled with the rolling pin suddenly became a long strip...

Qu Wanning looked at Su Jixiang with great frustration, "What should I do?" She picked up the dough that she had flattened and looked at Su Jixiang with a little frustration.